06 Icons, RELIGIOUS ART – Icons from the Bible, Mother of God, with footnotes – #3

Composite of two Hardwood panels with two back side Sponki. Tempera on gesso, partial gilding. Very fine representation of lying on his deathbed Blessed Mother. To the bed is lined with the Twelve Apostles, partly with the Scriptures, some with censers. Behind the Mother of God is Christ before an aureole. He carries the soul of the Mother of God in the form of a small child. To its sides two angels…

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